Bottom step done. Can't believe how unlevel the basement floor is. Will shim the gap on the front and trim and she should be good. I had some concern that I had lost some major headroom compared to the old stair case. Ended up it was 1" lower at the step under the floor joist. I should have done a 48 degree (8 11/16 rise; 7 3/4 tread) that would have shortened the run to 70 inches and cerated more room but I was overly concerned with tread width as minimum standard in new homes is 9 inches from what I have read. I'll just paint a yellow & black caution logo with the caption "LOW BRIDGE" on it.

Next is to cut up thye old freezer and fridge stuck behind the stairs and get them out of there. No idea how they got down there. Doorway upstairs is only 27" wide. Freezer's most narrow dimension is 31".